Galium trifidum subsp. columbianum
Family: Rubiaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Columbia bedstraw is a California native perennial found in the Central California Foothills and Coastal Ranges and Western and Inner North Coast Ranges in wet places within yellow-pine forest at elevations below 3,030 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces small white flowers in delicate clusters. Growing with sprawling stems 10 to 50 centimeters long, it spreads across the ground in loose, interconnected patterns. Its leaves are arranged in whorls, typically with three to four narrow leaflets per whorl, creating a distinctive, fine-textured appearance along the stem.
Habitat: Wet places, yellow-pine forest
Bloom period: Jul-Aug
Elevation: < 3030 m
Bioregions: CA-FP, W&I
California counties: Humboldt, Tulare, Lassen, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Mono, Modoc, El Dorado, Butte, Placer, Fresno, Del Norte, Mendocino, San Luis Obispo, Mariposa, Nevada, Plumas, Sonoma, Sierra, Lake, Alpine, Sacramento, Madera, Santa Cruz
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